Unclejoes Journey

[punkin]

Great pics and a wonderful story. Your family is beautiful. I love the big family picture. I was a "late in life" baby, so 3 of my grandparents were already gone and my grandmother was bedridden until she died when I was only 5.

I wish I could have know them. I think we have so much to learn from the older generations.

 

[unclejoe]

I wish I could have know them. I think we have so much to learn from the older generations.

I Soooooo wish they were still here. This being my first year of major gardening, Pop-Pops 90 yrs of life experience would have been a real boost and Nana had more mason jars than I could count - always full of course. All that canning equipment was "gotten rid of" when their kids cleaned out the house to sell it. I'm sick now thinking about the money I spent getting set up to can when all hers was thrown away because nobody wanted it.

 

[PotterWatch]

Love the picture with the horses and donkey. I would love to have a horse, but that's one kind of animal I can't squeeze into my backyard, lol.

 

[punkin]

Love the picture with the horses and donkey. I would love to have a horse, but that's one kind of animal I can't squeeze into my backyard, lol.

Get a mini horse. Maybe the city neighbors will think it's just another goat.

 

[PotterWatch]

Love the picture with the horses and donkey. I would love to have a horse, but that's one kind of animal I can't squeeze into my backyard, lol.

Get a mini horse. Maybe the city neighbors will think it's just another goat.

Yeah, but I can't fool my dh into thinking those piles are just big "nanny berries", lol

 

[unclejoe]

There is a downside to horses. They are big and heavy and while they don't mean to they can inflict some serious pain on the human body. About a month and a half ago one of the goats tried to steal a bit of grain from one of the horses. She lifted up to give him a friendly kick and I was a little too close. I got out of the way of the kick, but when she came back down she landed on the top of my foot. 1100 lbs. leaves a vivid reminder of the power of an animal that size. I'm still sore 6 weeks later.

 

[unclejoe]

Rainy day here in Pa today, unless you're in the NE where you got - SNOW!! Now the wind is howling at 20-40 mph. I took a section of a bradford pear off a lady's house at 5:30 this afternoon. Going back to take the rest of it down tomorrow. The start of next years firewood supply.
Becky decided to make chili for dinner so she got 3 qts of our own sauce from the cellar. This is the first time we've used it and you know what? It actually tasted like TOMATOES !! I haven't had fresh homemade sauce since I was a kid at my grandmothers house 35 years ago. If the 40 qts of sauce we have left doesn't make it till next years harvest I don't know what I'll do. I just can't imagine going back to store bought after eating the real thing.

 

[Henrietta23]

Mmmmmm, 7:44 am here and now I'm hungry for chili!!

 

[Zenbirder]

Becky decided to make chili for dinner so she got 3 qts of our own sauce from the cellar. This is the first time we've used it and you know what? It actually tasted like TOMATOES !! I haven't had fresh homemade sauce since I was a kid at my grandmothers house 35 years ago. If the 40 qts of sauce we have left doesn't make it till next years harvest I don't know what I'll do. I just can't imagine going back to store bought after eating the real thing.

You hit on a real problem! I am finding that I need a bigger garden because not only can I trust the quality of my homemade canning, but it does taste so much better than store bought!

 

[punkin]

There's nothin' like going to your own store down in the cellar, is there? :bun